Although he was bold at the time, he was uneasy in his heart afterwards, and he comforted himself repeatedly, so he pointed it, and it was no big deal, and it was estimated that the moon didn't see him pointing. I was very frightened for two days, afraid that the moon would cut off my ear, so I only had one ear left, how ugly!

Coincidentally, within two days, Xiaoxi's right earlobe, I don't know what was wrong, began to grow a long bag, and slowly filled with pus. Xiaoxi remembered the matter of "pointing to the moon and cutting her ears", she was afraid to die, knowing that it was the moon that wanted to cut her ears, she was afraid and didn't dare to tell the adults in the family, for fear of being scolded.

Thankfully, however, her ear healed within a few days. It's just that night when I was cold, I was bitten by mosquitoes, and then it became inflamed and swollen. Since then, Xiaoxi has been convinced of this sentence, and no longer dares to point to the moon arbitrarily, until he went to high school later, he gradually understood some truths and understood that these were all false.

was reprimanded, Chen Yubin knew that what he did was wrong, so he quickly threw the wooden stick in his hand into the hole in the pot and sat back beside Old Man Chen.

The big pot of cooking rice was quickly done, and one person scooped a bowl of dry rice, scooped the sauerkraut fish into the iron basin, and served it to the table.

In their house, there is no rule of "food does not speak, sleep and sleep", and they can talk about it with food stuffed in their mouths. However, Xiaoxi didn't like this, he felt unhygienic, and if he wanted to speak, he had to swallow all the rice dishes in his mouth before speaking.

Under the influence of Xiaoxi, Chen Yubin also developed such a habit. Old man Chen didn't talk much at the dinner table, and he developed a habit when he was a soldier, not talking, and burying his head in eating. But it's much better now, and I can say a couple of words. Granny Chen is delicious, so she thinks about the delicious food, and she doesn't have the time to speak.

After eating, Granny Chen washed the dishes, added water to the pot, and burned firewood in the creek, which was the water for washing feet. Old Man Chen picked up the bucket on the side, Chen Yubin went to the bedroom to get a flashlight, and went to feed the pigs with Grandpa Chen. Xiaoxi's family still has a New Year's pig.

After packing up everything, the family washed their faces, brought a footbasin, and washed their feet with water.

This footbath is a wooden one, and the bottom of the basin is five or six centimeters high from the ground, so the water is not so easy to cool, and it is just right to soak your feet. This wooden basin was given by Ye Jun, the eldest son-in-law of Old Man Chen, who was a carpenter and worked in the wood factory on Longyan Field, and this was taken back from the factory.

Xiaoxi took off her shoes and socks, and carefully put her cool feet into the wooden basin, which was a little hot, but very comfortable.

Xiaoxi's hands and feet are cold all year round, but after being in the space for so many years, they have improved a lot, and their hands and feet are no longer cold. But in winter, it's still cooler than usual, but she doesn't think so.

Old Man Chen and Granny Chen wash first, because their skin is thick and resistant to scalding, Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin's skin is tender, and then wash. I don't know if it's to save water, or what, their family has always only burned a basin of foot water. But everyone washes their feet every day, and there is no athlete's foot or anything, so I am not afraid to use a basin of foot washing water.

To save time, but also for fun, Xiaoxi washed with Chen Yubin, and put his feet into the water. No, while Chen Yubin was not paying attention, Xiaoxi stepped on his instep with two feet, and stepped into the water with one force, and her own two feet were still stepping on Chen Yubin's instep, so that her feet would not be hot.

The water was still a little hot, and being stepped on in the water by his sister like this, Chen Yubin was so hot that he screamed, struggling to pull his feet out of the soles of the creek. He was still yelling, "Ah...... Burn people, burn people......"

The meaning of burning people is to burn, to burn hands and feet.

"The water has been (dried) for so long, and it still burns people. Old Man Chen said in disbelief on the side.

Xiaoxi knew how hot the water was, and when he saw Chen Yubin shouting, he let go of his feet with a smile and gently washed his feet with water.

As soon as Xiaoxi let go of his feet, Chen Yubin hurriedly lifted his reddened feet. Seeing that Xiaoxi was still laughing, he decided to take revenge, and viciously tried to step Xiaoxi's feet into the water, and treat her as she had just treated herself. However, he was flexibly dodged by Xiaoxi, and when he saw Xiaoxi stepping on him again, he didn't get hit, so the two of them just played back and forth.

Seeing the water scattered all over the ground, Old Man Chen hurriedly stopped and said: "Okay, stop playing, the water is cold, wash it quickly, let's bake it for a while, and then go to sleep." ”

At this time, the water was not so hot for her feet, and the creek was no longer struggling, Chen Yubin took the opportunity to step on her feet, raised her head high, hahaha, revenge. Xiaoxi was very amused when he looked at him like this.

Rubbing the instep of her foot, Xiaoxi remembered something, "Mother-in-law, you have to go buy tofu early tomorrow." "She was afraid that people would sell out the tofu and go late, so there would be no more.

When people are old, they will fall asleep a lot, and if they really go to bed, they will not be able to sleep. There was nothing to do at this time, and Granny Chen sat by the fire, dozing off, listening to the stream calling herself, and woke up with a spirit.

wiped his face, and then slowly spoke, "It's okay, I said hello to Zhao Zishu, saying that I want to buy two plates of tofu, and he said that he will make me two more plates tomorrow morning, and stay at the head of the house and wait for me to pick it up when I have time for a long time." ”

Zhao Zishu is the son of the second wife at the head of the yard, and Xiaoxi is called his cousin. This year, I didn't look for a job to do outside, but I knew a little bit of tofu making skills, so I made tofu at home. If someone wants to eat tofu, they will spend two yuan to buy one at his house. Twelve yuan a board, two yuan a piece, I can't sell much in a day, listening to the meaning of the second mother-in-law's words, I have to go outside to find work next year.

"Well, tomorrow you will get it back, and when the temperature drops in the evening, it will freeze on the big table outside. "Although there is little snow in Xiaoxi's house, the temperature is also low, and the ice freezes every year. Although the temperature is only a few degrees below zero, the ice is not thick, and it is enough to freeze tofu.

Because the temperature will drop below zero at night, the water surface will form a thin layer of ice, and during the day, when the sun comes out, the temperature will rise to above zero, so Xiaoxi said that the tofu is frozen at night.

Thinking that it was January now, Xiaoxi said again: "Mother, you will find an opportunity to buy more tofu later, freeze it more, it will be delicious for the New Year, and there is a place to put it anyway." If the temperature rises, it won't freeze. ”

Here, as long as it is the Chinese New Year, the temperature will rise. At the beginning of the first month, the temperature rises to above zero, basically about 10 degrees.

Granny Chen covered her mouth and yawned, and said vaguely, "Well, I know." ”

Yawning is contagious, Xiaoxi saw her mother-in-law yawning, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and hit one. I took the footcloth, dried the water, put on my cotton slippers, and got up and put the changed shoes on the wall of the entrance.

After the two children had finished washing their feet, Old Man Chen picked up the wooden basin and went out to splash the water. Because the wooden basin is a bit heavy, I am afraid that the two children will not be able to hold it, so it is generally Mr. Chen who helps pour the footwater.

In fact, how could the two children not be able to hold this basin of water, they could carry fifty or sixty pounds of things on their backs, this basin of water was only heavy, but the old man felt that the two children were tired from school and felt sorry for them, so he helped pour it.

"By the way, Xiaoxi, Binbin, your teacher has said that there has been no exam for a long time, and this is all a month. Old Man Chen also learned to barefoot in the creek and roasted his feet against the fire.

After baking one, taking it back into the slippers, and roasting the other, Xiaoxi said lightly: "Anyway, this Thursday's exam, I will release it after the exam, and I will get the notice when school starts." ”

In fact, their notice is just a transcript and a few papers.

The school is considering that some of them live too far away, and they are going back and forth to get a paper, which is too troublesome, so they will wait for the new school to open again.

"Oh, then by the time you finish the exam, it's almost the New Year. Old Man Chen counted with his fingers, and said, "That's right, our family killed pigs this week, and you rushed back to eat meat." ”

Hearing that there was meat to eat, Chen Yubin, who was dozing off, came to his senses, his eyes were bright, and he stared at Old Man Chen with a glow, "Grandpa, our family is going to kill pigs, when is it?"

"Huh...... As soon as you say eat meat, you will come to the spirit......" and deliberately stopped, hanging his appetite. "It was supposed to be this Wednesday, anyway, there are a lot of people, we have been waiting here for two days, then our family will move to Thursday, it just so happens that you have an exam, and you will come back to eat meat after the exam." ”

"Uh-huh. Chen Yubin was like a pug, so he just had to go up and lick Old Man Chen's fingers and sell himself.

Seeing that it was almost over, Old Man Chen gave an order, "Okay, don't bake it, go back and drill to the head of the bed, it's hot." He let the third grandmother and grandson go back to the house first, and he stayed behind to put out the fire.

First retreated the firewood to the open space on the side, Old Man Chen scooped a scoop of water and extinguished the firewood one by one. In winter, there is a lot of firewood, and I am afraid of catching fire, although it is far away from the firewood in front of the stove, this is just in case.

Xiaoxi went back to the house, not wanting to go to bed in such a hurry as Granny Chen and Chen Yubin, sitting on a chair and watching TV. The "pot lid" of Xiaoxi's house has long been installed again.

When Mr. Chen returned to the house, he saw that Chen Yubin had taken off his clothes and shrunk under the covers, only his head was exposed, staring at the TV. Granny Chen didn't take off her clothes, and she was sitting under the quilt at this moment, warming the bed. And the creek, still sitting on a chair.

"Xiaoxi, go and sit on the bed, it's not too cold to sit here. Seeing Xiaoxi with his hands in his pockets and leaning over, Old Man Chen scolded.

Xiaoxi couldn't do it, so he had to move slowly to the bed. She didn't want to go up so early because in winter, the quilt was too cold, and as soon as she entered the quilt, the quilt was like an ice cube, and she had to cover it for a long time before it was hot. She didn't want to go to bed, but she planned to wait for Granny Chen to warm up the quilt before she went to bed. But as soon as Grandpa Chen came, he interrupted her thoughts. She slept alone with Granny Chen, and had to strip off and get into bed and get into the quilt on the other side.

"Oh~ hiss...... "It's so cold!"

If you want to talk about the creek, you don't want to go into the bed at night, and you don't want to get out of the bed in the morning. Two people sleep in a bed, and the temperature is high. After a night, now the quilt is warm and comfortable, and Xiaoxi is lying in the quilt, and he doesn't want to get up.

But some people can't see her well.